DIOECIA— TRIANDRIA. Empetrum. '233 



maticallydetailedby Willdenow^ as well as in Rees'sCyclopoBdia; 

 so that, notwithstanding some ambiguities, a careful observer 

 may become acquainted with them all. The American species 

 are worth notice. Those of Switzerland appear to be few, and 

 not well understood. The German botanists greatly excell most 

 others in a practical acquaintance with the whole genus. 



DIOECIA TRIA^^DRIA. 

 440. EMPETRUM. Crow-berry. 



Linn. Gen.5\5. JussA62. Fl. Br. 1072. Tourn.t.42l. Lam. 

 t.803. GcBrtn.t.106. 



Nat. Ord. Miscellanece ? Linn. 54. A]dnio Ericce . Juss. 51. 

 Rather to the Myrsiiiece. Br. Prodr. 532. It has surely 

 no affinity to the Coniferce, as some suppose. 



Bar.Jl. Cal. in 3 deep, ovate, permanent segments. Petals 

 3, sometimes more, ovate-oblong, contracted at the base, 

 larger than the calyx, withering. Filam. 3 — 9, capil- 

 lary, long, pendulous. Anth. roundish, deeply cloven, 

 of 2 cells. 



Ferl.Jl. Cal. the same. Pet. 3, ovate-oblong, spreading, 

 contracted at the base, longer than the calyx, withering. 

 Germ, superior, orbicular, depressed. Sti/le simple, 

 erect, very short. Stigmas 9, oblong, spreading widely. 

 Berty orbicular, depressed, wider than the calyx, of 1 

 cell. Seeds 9, erect, triangular, closely disposed in a 

 circle, gibbous externally. 



Linnaeus once saw the Jloxvers with both stamens and pistils. 

 I have such on Swiss specimens, from Mr. Davall. 



Stem shrubby, of humble growth. Leaves scattered, or 

 whorled, linear-oblong, revolute, evergreen. Fl. axil- 

 lary, bracteatedj reddish. Be7-}y black, white, or red. 



1. Yi. nigrum. Black Crow-berry, or Crake-berry. 

 Stem and branches procumbent. Leaves slightly elliptical. 



E. nigrum. Linn. Sp. P/. 1450. Wiltd. v. 4. 713. FL Br. 1072. 



Engl. Bot. V. 8. t. 526. Hook. Scot. 287. Mill. Illustr. t. 86. Fl. 



Ban. t, 975. Dicks. H. Sicc.fasc. 2. 10. 

 E. n. 1605. Hall. Hist. v. 2. 279. 

 E. montanum, fructu nigro. Rail Syn. 444. 



